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Have you ever wondered why some public speakers are so successful while others are not?
What do they know and do that is different from the rest?
Great speakers understand and employ many of the proven principles contained in this book. The good news is that you too can learn and apply these very same principles and improve as a public speaker.
Purpose Driven Public Speaking helps you develop as a presenter by showing you some ways to deal with anxieties and fears related to speaking in public. It also demonstrates how to develop and deliver purposeful talks, speeches, and presentations that get planned results.
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building critical skills that will enable you to be purpose driven and focused. Over the one-day class, you will give a number of brief talks to refine the work done in class. These topics will be defined in the class and presented in a large group and small group format.
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LeaderMetrix was launched in 2006 by its founder and president Dr. Gary Rodriguez. Dr. Rodriguez envisioned a company that would develop and support high caliber leaders and teams committed to personal excellence and exceptional performance. The goal of the company is to provide a variety of vital consulting services, including organizational development, senior-level executive coaching, conflict resolution, team building and training, change management, strategic planning, executive retention, and mentoring public speakers and presenters.
Gary Rodriguez
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Eye Movement
One aspect of facial expression is eye movement. Eye contact helps personalize the message to the audience, and good eye contact can make individuals in the audience feel as though you are talking just to them. Eye contact should not be forced but natural. Unlike the presenter who feels obligated to make eye contact with everyone in the audience, the wise presenter is selective. He or she naturally moves from person to person, establishing a short but powerful connection. Eye contact that is unnatural can make audience members feel uncomfortable.
Darting eyes and jerky head movements can be very distracting during a presentation, so learn to break eye contact in a natural way. Usually this means at the end of a sentence or a point.
Avoid focusing on the same person too long. How do you know when it is too long? When the person you are looking at goes from “glad you spotted me,” to “wish you would stop staring at me,”  you have stayed with the same person too long. Eventually, with more experience, you will get a feel for “appropriate” eye contact. For now, remember that good eye contact with the audience is important, but a judicious use of it is equally important.
Dr. Gary Rodriguez
Author: Purpose Driven Public Speaking
www.leadermetrix.com
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Famous Public Speaking Quotes…
“You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.”
John Ford
“Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.”
Dionysius Of Halicarnassus
| “There are three things to aim at in public speaking: first, to get into your subject, then to get your subject into yourself, and lastly, to get your subject into the heart of your audience” |
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Alexander Gregg
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